Separable fastener



F. A. BAUE B. SE PARABLE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-121N318.

1,330, 1 59. Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

FRED A. BAUER, 01? WHITE MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Application filed November 12, 1918. Serial No. 262,174.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, residing at White Mills, in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

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The invention aims to provide an article of this class which is capable of. general adaptation, is simple in construction, durahle and efficient in use, and expeditiously manufacturable at minimum cost.

Particularly it is a desideratnm to provide one section of the fastener with an anchor member to mount a head for turning but against lateral movement relatively to the anchor member and with the head carrying a locking stem to coiiperate with a slot and lug of the second section of the fastener.

lVith the above, and additional objects, mostly servient thereto, in view, the invention has been embodied in one practical form as illustrated in accompanying drawings and described and claimed hereinafter.

In the said drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the improved article, with the sections fastened together and carried by closure flaps, shown fragmentarily;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fastener with the sections disassembled;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the outer section of the fastener;

Fig. 4: is a bottom view of the inner section of the fastener, and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of closure flap, showing my improved fastener use'd therewith.

Referring specificially to the drawings, the article is made mainly in two sections, namely an outer section A and an inner section B, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

Section A comprises an annular anchor member 6, n'eferably of a suitable metal, adapted to extend through an opening provided in a closure flap or other part 7. In order to secure the anchor to the flap 7 against displacement, an outwardly extending annular rib 8 is formed integral with the anchor, adapted to bear against one face of the flap while the inner end of the anchor My invention relates to a separable fas-' is bent outwardly and clenched against the other face of the flap as at 9. The flap is thus 'rasped and held between the bead 8 and fiange 9. A metallic head 10 is also provided, being of any desired shape, and

having its lower edge as best shown in Fig.

1, resting on the head or rib 8, and adapted to turn thereon, as well as on a flange 11 forming an integral part ofthe anchor member and extending into the head 10 and overlapping the inner wall thereof to prevent lateral displacement'by movement of the head in one direction. In the opposite direction, movement of said head is prevented by the bead 8. As the head 10 is turned, a looking stem 12 is brought into cooperative relation with the inner section B, This stem may be soldered to the head and depend therefrom, havinoits free end suitably bent or formed into a bar 13.

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Now referring to the section B, it has a table or top wall 14, raised at its center so as to be spaced from the flap or part, such as 15, to which it is attached. In this connection, refer to Fig. 1. Depending from the table 14, are suitable attaching spurs 16., These spurs 16 penetrate the flap 15 and their inner ends, as at 17, are clenched against the flap so that the table, from one direction and the spur 16, from the other direction, will prevent lateral displacement or movement of the inner section. This inner section is provided with a diametrically extending elongated slot 18 extending therethrough. At 19, a suitable lug or'the like is fastened to the under surface of the table 14 and preferably with one wall or face thereof flush with a side wallat the slot, as best shown in Fig. 4. In use, as will be understood, one or more of the inner sections may be fastened to a flap or other part while cooperating outer sections may be fastened to a cooperating flap or part. These flaps or parts, like 7 and 15, may represent the closure flap or uppers of shoes. I may be secured thereto to supplant'the ordi-- nary closure fastening means consisting of eyelets and laces. When fastening the outer sections to the inner sections, the outer sec- A vertical row of the fasteners I tions are disposed over the inner sections and are turned to disaline thebars andopenings. resulting in the coupling or fastening of the outer sections and inner sections. When un-- fastening the sections, the head 10 is turned until the bar 13 strikes the wall of the lug 19 which is on a line with the opening 18,

" which lug regulates the movement of the bar to such a position where it can be readily Withdrawn through the slot 18.-

. It will be noted that the section B enters the section A, as showirin Fig. 1, so that relative radial movement cannot occur. This feature will prevent undue distortion or sagging of the flaps or other material 7 and 15.

The head 10 may be made yieldable or flexible in order to be depressible to insert the bar 18 into the slot 18 and so that after the bar 13 underlaps the table 14, the yielding movement of the head will draw the stem 12 outwardly and thus hold the head in tight frictional engagement with the un- 1.1 A separable fastener having a section rovided with a slot, and a rotatable fasten-v mgi member having a bar to enter said slot,

said section having a lug adjacent said.

opening cooperating with the bar to regulate its movement.

A separable fastener having an annular anchor member, a head rotatable thereon, a cooperating section having an elongated slot therethrough, a stem depending from said head having its lower end bent to form a bar for insertion in the said slot, and a lug adjacent said slot for regulating the turning of the stem.

3. A separable fastener having an annular anchor member with an outturned flange around its upper edge, a head mounted and turnable upon said flange, a cooperating sec tion having a raised central portion with a slot therethrough, a stem depending from said head, said stem having its free end bent to form a bar for insertion in the slot, and means adjacent said slot for regulating the turning movement of the stem.

4. A separable fastener having a section provided with a slot, a rotatable fastening member having a depending bar adaptedfor insertion in said slot, and a lug adjacent the slot having one of its sides on a line therewith to regulate the movement of the stem 1 to facilitate in the withdrawal thereof.

In testimony whereof I have attired my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED A. BAUER.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. SMITH AUGUST SMITH. 

